Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems

ISLAND PRESSISBN: 9781597260565

A Troubled Sense of Immensity

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By Robert W. Adler
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Acknowledgments
Preface
 
Chapter 1. Introduction: Retaking Old Ground
Chapter 2. The Living Artery: Disruptions to the River's Linear Connections
Chapter 3. Only the Hills Will Know: Changes in the Watershed
Chapter 4. Tree of the People: Tree of Life
Chapter 5. Down the Great Unknown: Environmental Restoration in the Face of Scientific Uncertainty
Chapter 6. Casting of the Lots: Conflicting Methods and Goals in Environmental Restoration
Chapter 7. Ownership of Unownable Things: Property Rights and Environmental Restoration at the Water's Edge
Chapter 8. An Elusive and Indefinable Boundary: Restoration and Political Borders
Chapter 9.The Lovely and the Usable: Toward a More Holistic Approach to Restoration
 
Coda: Into New Dimensions
Endnotes
Index

Reviews


""Like a skilled surgeon, Adler opens up the Colorado River to show what we have done to make it bleed and what it will take to restore some measure of ecological health. Without bluster or sentimentality, he explains just how challenging the job is, and he pulls no punches describing the technical, political, economic, and legal obstacles that lie in the way.""
' Joseph L. Sax, Professor, University of California, Berkeley, author of Mountains Without Handrails



""Robert Adler has the rare gift of writing with great clarity about topics of great complexity. Readers of the book will emerge as more realistic and pragmatic advocates for the well-being of human and natural communities, sharper and wiser thinkers, and better citizens. This book is a major contribution to the improvement of public discussion and understanding of this century's environmental circumstances.""
' Patty Limerick, faculty director and board chair of the Center of the American West, University of Colorado



""In Restoring Colorado River Ecosystems, Robert Adler has brought his orderly mind to bear on the vast complexities of the Colorado River. He asks, 'What are we willing to give back in order to recover what has been lost?' He answers with bold and reasoned judgments to pack in our river bags as we make our way downstream.""
' Stephen Trimble, author of Lasting Light: 125 Years of Grand Canyon Photography



""Robert Adler briskly takes us through the natural, human, and legal history of the Colorado River to build a convincing case that damage to animals, fish, plants, and aesthetics can be reversed. Rethinking how we use water and produce electrical power may be even harder than tearing down dams or rebuilding stretches of river channel.""
' David Getches, dean and Raphael J. Moses Professor of Natural Resources Law, University of Colorado Law School



""Revealing the deeper story, the author pulls it back together and lays it out as society's values-driven decision for the future.""
' Natural Areas Journal





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